Well, after wiping out my system, and re-installing Mac OS X 10.3.9 and xcode 1.5, I still get the same compiler errors: PATH: /sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /usr/sbin ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇconfigure:1607: checking build system type configure:1625: result: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 configure:1633: checking host system type configure:1647: result: powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 configure:1701: checking for gcc configure:1717: found /usr/bin/gcc configure:1727: result: gcc configure:1971: checking for C compiler version configure:1974: gcc --version </dev/null >&5 gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666) Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. configure:1977: $? = 0 configure:1979: gcc -v </dev/null >&5 Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/specs Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666) configure:1982: $? = 0 configure:1984: gcc -V </dev/null >&5 gcc: `-V' option must have argument configure:1987: $? = 1 configure:2010: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:2013: gcc conftest.c >&5 conftest.c:1: error: stray '\377' in program conftest.c:1: error: stray '\377' in program conftest.c:1: error: stray '\377' in program --snipit>> Should I try 3.1 version of gcc, or 2.9x version, to see if those give problems... Regards- Richard Oh, was trying to compile sqlite 3.2x